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Mrs.Johnson's third grade class is creating a model of their school grounds.Each group of students is responsible for different aspects of the model.Some are cutting cardboard, some are painting, and some are making miniature figurines out of Play-Doh.Eventually, Mrs.Johnson will combine all these elements into a finished product.Which of the following visual processes in the brain is this scenario most analogous to?

A) transduction
B) binding
C) feature detection
D) subliminal perception

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_____ depth-vision cues depend on the combination of the images in the left and right eyes and on the way the two eyes work together.

A) Monocular
B) Binocular
C) Gradient
D) Parallel

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Which of the following parts of the eye are most likely to be affected for an individual who is color blind?

Which of the following statements is true of the cones of the eye's retina?

Which of the following sensory processes is most activated when a person is tasting food that is extremely salty?

Jenny is a little girl whose experience of pain is different from other children her age.She does not have quick reactions to pain that help her avoid painful situations, such as pressing a pin between her fingers or biting down on her hand.However, she is able to feel the prolonged pain from these injuries.Which of the following provides the most likely explanation for Jenny's responsiveness to pain?

Which of the following is true of the sense of touch?

The purpose of semicircular canals in the inner ear is to

In the context of sensation, which of the following sensory processes is most activated when a person is tickled?

The purpose of parallel processing is to

Although several bulbs have burned out on the Movie Buff Theater's sign at the entrance and the letters are not completely formed, Caleb can still read the announcement for the upcoming movie.Which gestalt principle best accounts for this phenomenon?

One criticism of place theory is that it

Linda is studying while listening to her iPod.She notices that when she raises the volume five decibels when the volume is initially low, the change is very noticeable.However, when the volume is initially high, increasing the volume by five decibels doesn't result in as noticeable of a change in sound.This phenomenon is best explained by

Each key on a touch-tone telephone makes a slightly different sound when touched.This difference is due to the pitch of sound produced by each key.The difference in pitch is determined by the _____ of the sound waves coming from each key.

The difference between the fast and slow neural pathways of pain messages is that, in the fast pathway

In the context of nature of sound, wavelength determines a sound wave's

The sensory receptors for taste called taste buds are located in the

Which part of an eye usually acts like the aperture of a camera, opening and closing depending on the amount of light required to enter the eye?

The perception that a stationary object is moving is known as _____.

Which of the following theories of vision can best explain the occurrence of afterimages (i.e., sensations that remain after a stimulus is removed) ?